education
RAAC Concrete Crisis
09 September 2023In 2018, a roof collapse at a school in Kent highlighted the growing risk of collapse within schools built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) Concrete. In late 2018, the… Read more
Public Dialogue on Climate Adaptation final report for DEFRA / Sciencewise
17 July 2023Defra conducted a public dialogue to understand public attitudes towards climate adaptation in England in response to the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation. The findings informed the third National Adaptation Programme,… Read more
How schools build community resilience capacity and social capital in disaster preparedness, response and recovery
03 May 2023This article reports on a decade of research undertaken by the author on the role of schools in disaster response and recovery across four different disaster types in five countries… Read more